One of the best things about multiple intelligences is that it can give students a confidence boost! In realizing that there is more than one kind of intelligence, kids see themselves each as smart, though perhaps in a different way from their peers. If you treat each of the multiple intelligences as equal, and all important, then they will feel that they're important. This is imperative as it seems the classic school set-up is made to cater linguistic, and logical students mostly and the other kids who possess other talents and needs are often left bereft of curriculum that interests them.
This chapter offers many ways in order to make your students feel like their strengths are meaningful and valued. One of the suggestions was something that I'd thought of as well, which was to put posters all over the room of famous people who display the various intelligences (preferably an equal amount of each so as not to show favoritism). Another suggestion was to have kids do a sort of scavenger hunt where they must find a student to perform an action relevant to one of the multiple intelligences. By the end they should have eight unique signatures and be more aware of their fellow students abilities. A way to accomplish a similar task would be by displaying the work of students in the halls or around the room, showing that all different projects are well done and worth appreciation. And a final way to really bring home the idea of each person's important and various skills is by having a sort of "career day" where people using their specific abilities and intelligences out in the real world (and making a living from it!).
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